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<h1>Marking Tools</h1>

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<dt>Pencils, Sharpener</dt>
<dd><img src="../img/fig-011a.jpg"/> <img src="../img/fig-011b.jpg"/> <img src="../img/fig-011c.jpg"/> <img src="../img/fig-011d.jpg"/> <img src="../img/fig-012a.jpg"/></dd>
<dd>Besides the black pencil(s), you also need a white or silver pencil to draw markings on dark wood.</dd>
<dd>Sharpening is essential, but you should grind them down on one side, or perhaps on two opposite sides, to make a <em>very</em> sharp point to create a line with as low as possible offset from the side of a ruler.</dd>
<dd>Brands: Faber-Castell, Rotring, Caran d'Ache</dd>

<dt>Ball Pens</dt>
<dd><img src="../img/fig-045a.jpg" alt="BIC orange fine point ball pen" /> <img src="../img/fig-045b.jpg" alt="BIC crystal ball pen" /></dd>
<dd>Ball point pens with a fine point (0.8&ndash;1.0 mm) produce excellent lines with constand width (0.3&ndash;0.4 mm), without loosing geometry as graphite pencils do. Red is the preferred color as it stands out better on dard wood. </dd>
<dd>Don't use gel or ink pens, because the ink penetrates deep into the wood, which makes cleanup hard to impossible. Same with fine point felt tip pens, although not as bad as an ink pen.</dd>

<dt>Marking Knives</dt>
<dd>A good marking knife has one flat side, the other side beveled. So you may want two of them, right and left sided. This way you can make markings that are very close to the edge of a ruler.</dd>
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